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Waves of fake threats to colleges are putting students on edge and testing dispatchers
Multiple Historically Black Colleges and Universities faced hoax threats on Sept 11, prompting lockdowns and class cancellations; the FBI classifies these as part of a rising trend in swatting incidents.
- Around 50 college campuses across the US have received fake calls about armed gunmen and violence in recent weeks, causing students to hide under desks and disrupting classes.
- The FBI is investigating the hoax calls, some linked to a group called PurgatoryPurgatory, but no arrests have been made so far.
- The US Department of Education has offered guidance on how to spot such hoax calls, and experts say unusual caller details like not using 911 are red flags.
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Historically Black colleges issue lockdown orders and cancel classes after receiving threats - The Philadelphia Sunday Sun
The campus of Clark Atlanta University is seen Wednesday, April 21, 2019, in Atlanta. Four college students were wounded when a gunman opened fire into a crowd of 200 people outside a library near the university, Tuesday night, and then escaped in the chaos, authorities said. (AP Photo/Jeff Martin) By Sara Cline associated press BATON ROUGE, La. — A series of reported threats toward historically Black colleges and universities across the U.S. on…
Waves of fake threats to colleges putting students on edge, testing dispatchers
Around 50 college campuses across the country have been deluged in recent weeks with hoax calls about armed gunmen and other violence, laying bare the challenges of detecting fake threats
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Waves of fake threats to colleges are putting students on edge and testing dispatchers
Around 50 college campuses across the country have been deluged in recent weeks with hoax calls about armed gunmen and other violence, laying bare the challenges of detecting fake threats quickly to prevent mass panic.
Florida, Georgia and Virginia were the most affected states by this wave of threats presented. It is not known the nature but were predominantly affected by historically black universities.
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